Mod parent troll. The topic is 'Ask Slashdot', asshat. That's the purpose. It IS a forum discussion.

Whooosh!

This isn't that big a deal.

You're wrong. Blizzard's BNet2 keeps a profile of games you own, similar in a way to Steam's - once you activate your game, via CD key or whatever else, you own it. After that, what media your copy of the game came from (your own CD, your friend's, or download) ceases to matter. Your Battle.net account is what gets you access to the online game. I imagine that, in order to play only single player, you will simply need an internet connection to confirm the legitimacy of your copy every time you have to reinstall the game. Re-validating once per install isn't a real tax on a gamer's time or emotional stability.

http://xkcd.com/465/

4 counts of rape, convicted, 11 years each. straightforward enough. if he wanted less time, less rape would have been a better plan

Stop that man! He has stolen my identity!

Slashdot users proved prophets for the nth time over: http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1435688&cid=30021576

I would be wary of creating singularities so near my castle. Perhaps something less likely to destroy my residence and the planet it rules.

Implying that people don't know when they're happy or what makes them happy? I'd call that a safe one, wouldn't you?

If the Japanese are going to build their space elevator, we're going to need that diamond core to maximize the elevator's potential. Draw up and open source the plans for the earth-ring and the continental towers, so we can move back to the braincap project.